clinketn.
a. An error in Phillips ed. 1696 (and some later dictionaries) for clink n.4 in Spenser.
Π
1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Clinket, old word, a Key-hole; whose Diminutive is Clicket a Key; used by old Chaucer.
b. A misprint in Bailey (Halliwell, etc.) for clinker n.3
Π
1721– N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Clinket, a crafty Fellow.
1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Clinket.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
<
n.1696- wrong-gotten
- wrong-grounded
- wrong-half
- wrong-head
- wrong-headed
- wrong-headedly
- wrong-headedness
- wrong-hearted
- wrong-heartedness
- wrong-heir
- wrong-heired
- wrong-jawed
- wrong-minded
- wrong-nail
- wrong-ordered
- wrong-principled
- wrong-proof
- wrong-reading
- wrong-redresser
- wrong-repressing
- wrong-righter
- wrong-rope
- wrong-screwed
- wrong-side
- wrong-side-out